<strong>Chapter 226: Getting Believers, Bestow</strong>


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    “I have to think of a way to get more believers.”


    The power of faith from Little Red alone was far from what Zhou Chen needed.


    He wanted more power of faith. Not only did he have to satisfy the needs of the


    Godhood and the divine fire to sustain themselves, but he also needed enough


    to provide additional divine power for his own use.


    Otherwise, all his efforts would have been in vain.


    “I should trick.. ah, no, who should I guide to believe in me, the Lord of


    Benevolence? I have to think of a way to get more people to provide me with


    the power of faith.”


    Zhou Chen felt that this problem was a little troublesome.


    As an outsider, although he had gained a deeper understanding of this world


    from gathering information, in terms of snatching believers, he was far


    inferior to the native Gods who had been in this world for a long time.


    After thinking for a while, he did not have any good ideas.


    “I should fool those children. Adults haveplicated thoughts and a


    difficult to deceive.”


    After making up his mind, Zhou Chen left the house and began to walk to the


    slums of this city.


    He had been there before and had even treated a sick girl to pave the way for


    the appearance of the Lord of Benevolence


    After crossing the rtively quiet rich residential area and passing through the


    bustling city area and the simple ordinary residential area, Zhou Chen reached


    his destination.


    Through his Bloodthirst, he quickly found his goal. It was a group of lonely


    children, or rather, little beggars.


    When Zhou Chen arrived, something unpleasant was happening in this shabby


    ce


    “You bastard! Stay away from my sister!” A twelve-year-old boy pushed a


    middle-aged man in his forties in business attire away and shouted.


    Behind him was his seven to eight-year-old sister, who was shiveringar


    wearing tattered clothes.


    “Isn’t ten coppers enough to exchange for your sister?! I think you’re bewitched


    by greed! The middle-aged businessman who was pushed away by the boy


    was clearly displeased with his intense reaction. His face was dark, as if he was


    preparing to use violence.


    “Don’t speak nonsense, you evil person! Even if you offer ten kimpurs, I won’t


    sell my sister to you!” The boy was not afraid. As he retorted, he opened his


    thin arms and used his weak body to protect his sister behind him like a hen


    protecting its chick.


    “Isn’t this the pair of siblings from a few days ago? Zhou Chen could tell at a


    nce that the ones who were in conflict with the middle-aged man were the


    siblings that he had saved a few days ago. Near the siblings, he could see other


    children he had seen before. These children were hiding in the broken shed


    that was like a pile of trash and did not dare toe out. They only dared to


    show their heads and secretly observe


    This is an opportunity.”


    The scene in front of him made Zhou Chen see the opportunity to obtain


    believers. He quickly walked forward and grabbed the middle-aged man’s neck


    from behind, lifting him up and facing him.


    “Get lost.” Zhou Chen’s words were sinct, and his expression was calm. After


    saying that, he threw the middle-aged man to the side.


    This middle-aged man wanted to resist when he was being grabbed, but he


    realized that he could not do anything. Moreover, the person who grabbed him


    was dressed in luxurious clothes as well. He looked to have some status, so he


    forcefully stopped his outburst and crawled up from the ground with hatred.


    His eyes flickered with resentment and unknovwn thoughts.


    Zhou Chen originally did not want to pay attention to this person, but his


    perception was very sharp. This person’s resentful expression made him feel


    that it could result in some troubles. Therefore, he suddenly turned around and


    faced the middle-aged man. He instantly approached him, reached out, and


    threw him out again.


    But this time, he threw him into the high sky, sending him flying who knew


    where.


    This action immediately shocked the siblings who had watched the entire


    orocess. ‘The younger sister was still okay, only staring with her eyes wide


    open. But the younger brother’s behavior was exaggerated. He opened his


    mouth and looked at Zhou Chen, almost forgetting to breathe.


    “Alright, the annoying person has left. Little friend, how’s your sister now?


    After throwing the middle-aged man to the horizon, Zhou Chen turned around


    and looked at the siblings with a smile.


    The boy ignored Zhou Chen’s smile. Instead, his body was trembling as he said


    to him, “You.. You killed him.”


    “Yes, I heard my Lord’s decree to eliminate that viin. Don’t worry, this is


    nothing. Nothing will affect you.


    Zhou Chen’s ridiculous throwing would undoubtedly cause the middle-aged


    man’s death. After all, the man was only an ordinary person. He was destined


    to fall into the ground and be crushed into meat paste.


    However, Zhou Chen did not feel any pressure because this world was not


    Blue. The rules were different. No one would try to reprimand him, a


    person with strength and money.


    The boy was speechless for a moment when he heard Zhou Chen’s words. He


    seemed to not know how to answer. Zhou Chen continued,


    “I came here to introduce to you my omnipotent Lord, the savior of all things


    in the world.” He said a bunch of prepared words and began to fool these


    children into believing in him.


    of course, he did not just rely on his mouth. He also brought them some bread


    and other food to guarantee.


    The great Lord of Benevolence will not give up on anyone who is in a difficult


    situation. As long as you sincerely believe in him, you will obtain his


    protection. As a loyal believer of the Lord, I will also give you some help.”


    Zhou Chen’s words seemed a little stiff, but fortunately, he was facinga group


    of lonely children. In addition to some material temptations, it did not take


    long for him to make these children promise that they would change their faith


    to the Lord of Benevolence.


    “Very good. As long as you believe in the great Lord of Benevolence, your life


    will gradually improve.” Zhou Chen said with a smile after sharing the bread.


    He was wondering if his actions were useful.


    There doesn’t seem to be any Godspeting for the faith of these children.


    Their level is probably too low, and the power of faith they can provide is


    extremely limited. Perhaps even if I turm them all into my believers, I won’t be


    able to gather much power of faith”


    ording to his experiences in the past few days and the infomation he had


    gathered, Zhou Chen gradually understood that the power of faith that every


    believer could provide to a God was different. The amount of the power of faith


    was not only rted to the level of devotion of the believer, it was also rted


    to the believer’s level, in other words, strength.


    For a silver rank existence like Little Red, even if only one of them believed in


    him, it could allow him to obtain a trace of divine power from burning their


    faith. However, even if all these children were added together, they would not


    be able to match Little Red.


    However, Zhou Chen did not have much choice at the moment. He was an


    outsider, and he could not be too presumptuous for the time being. It was


    better to collect these small faiths to train.


    After fooling the children, Zhou Chen nned to leave. He wanted to go


    somewhere else to see if he could get more believers.


    But just as he turned around, a young voice stopped him.


    “Lord Oracle, I have a request!” It was the boy from the siblings. Zhou Chen was


    puzzled when he heard this. He turned around and looked at him.


    “What request do you have? Tell me. If necessary, I will pray to ‘Him’ for you.”


    Zhou Chen tried his best to maintain the image of a God’s envoy in front of


    these children. Even he felt a little nauseated when he spoke.


    Seeing Zhou Chen turn around with a mile on his face, the boy summoned his


    courage and looked up at him. “Lord Oracle, I want to be stronger! I want


    to be as strong as you! May I ask if the great Lord of Benevolence can help


    me?


    This kid’s appetite is not small.


    Zhou Chen’s expression remained the same, but he had an idea.


    “Hehe, Little John, I have my current strength because I was bestowed with it


    after believing in my Lord for many years. You’re still too young to think of


    reaching my level in a single step. You have to gradually improve yourself.”


    Zhou Chen first told him that it was wishful thinking to directly catch up to


    him. Then, he enticed him.


    “But my Lord will never abandon his loyal believers. If you can organize


    everyone to worship my Lord for the next three days, my Lord will definitely


    give you a chance to improve.”


    “An opportunity to improve? How strong can I be? John’s eyes lit up and


    asked.


    “How strong? That’s hard to say. It depends on your devotion to my Lord. If you


    are pious enough, my Lord will give you strength that far surpasses that of an


    adult man.”


    Zhou Chen did not give a precise answer. He only told him that the more


    devout he was, the greater the grace he would receive from the Lord of


    Benevolence.


    “It’s enough! With such strength, I can protect my sister and everyone else!”


    John was immediately interested after hearing Zhou Chen’s words. He had long


    had enough of his weakness and wanted to grow up quickly. Now that there


    was a God willing to give him such a gift, he felt that his life was filled with


    hope.


    Okay. Organize everyone to pray to my Lord these few days. I’lle back in


    three days.” After saying this, Zhou Chen directly disappeared in front of these


    children like a bubble, making them exim in surprise again.


    In fact, this effect was only the bizarre shoes’ invisibility ability. Fortunately, it


    was enough to create a mysterious impression of him to these children,


    making them trust him more.


    “It’s so troublesome to get believers. If only the monsters killed equaled the


    number of believers, how good would it be.” At this moment, Zhou Chen had


    already returmed to his room. The speech earlier had really vexed him. He was


    more suited to trainingg or fighting monsters.


    Therefore, for the next three days, Zhou Chen once again focused on


    cultivating the Eight Destes Coiling Dragon Supreme Art.


    During this period, he called Little Red, and handed it the bizarre mirror to


    observe the children.


    The bizarre mirror had a very powerful detection ability. Zhou Chen knew the


    location of the children very well, and he could monitor them through the


    bizarre mirror to understand if they were focused on praying.


    Three dayster.


    “The Eight Destes True Energy of the earth attribute has been fully


    mastered. This attribute has both attack and defense, and has a control ability.


    It can also provide a lot of strength enhancements.”


    Zhou Chen’s cultivation was progressing more and more smoothly. Even if he


    encountered some bottlenecks in his cultivation, he would be able to


    sessfully break through under his continuous training.


    Zhou Chen dissipated the earthen-yellow ‘True Energy that enveloped his body


    and asked Little Red,


    “Little Red, have those children been praying seriously these past few days?”


    Little Red immediately replied to him through the spiritual connection.


    “Less than halfsted for three days? That John is the most devoted one?”


    While thinking about Little Red’s feedback, Zhou Chen followed the connection


    with the Godhood in his ne and searched for the voices of the children.


    But for some reason, through the Godhood, he could only sense Little Red’s


    prayers for the past few days. He did not notice any trace of the children’s


    prayers.


    “Are they too weak to produce faith?”


    Zhou Chen had expected this. He then checked the power of faith and divine


    power and found that it was no different from when Little Red was the only


    believer.


    “It seems like the power of faith provided by weak existences is very limited.


    or they might not even be able to produce it.”


    Zhou Chen frowned slightly. Although this was expected, the difference in the


    production of believers’ faith was too great, making him feel that it was not


    easy for God.


    “But that kid was able to hold on for three days. It’s quite good considering that


    he is only a child.”


    Zhou Chen had left this mission for John to test him and let him know that he


    had to put in the effort to obtain something


    Otherwise, Zhou Chen could have given it to him directly. There was no need to


    go through all this trouble.


    After some thought, Zhou Chen activated continuous mirror jumps through


    the bizarre mirror. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the dpidated ce


    where the poor children lived.


    After a while, he found John, who was still in the broken shed with his eyes


    closed and kept drawing the character “benevolence” on his chest. Beside him,


    his sister was also praying


    “John, my Lord knows your piety.” When Zhou Chen spoke, John immediately


    woke up from his praying state. When he realized that it was Zhou Chen, a


    surprised expression immediately appeared on his face.


    “Lord Oracle! Is the great Lord willing to give me strength? He looked up at


    Zhou Chen in anticipation.


    “Yeah.” Zhou Chen nodded slightly, but then said in a deep voice, “John,


    although you have been very pious these days, you have only believed in my


    Lord for a short period of time. ording to the faimess principle, while you


    obtain strength, you have to offer some sacrifices.”


    “What sacrifice” John inmmediately focused and became a little nervou


    Zhou Chen began to describe it to him, telling him that there were two levels of


    offerings that would cost him five years and ten years of his life.


    “I’m willing to offer ten years of my life as a sacrifice!” John immediately


    agreed when he heard the price. Because he was extremely young, the thing he


    had the most was time. He was very willing to lose ten years in exchange for


    strength.


    “Alright, follow me. Ill immediately hold a ceremony for you to ept my


    Lord’s grace.”